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VoiceDraw is a tool that automatically draws system design diagrams as you speak, capturing reasoning and tradeoffs.

I was frustated by having to draw system design diagrams by hand when discussing it with my team mates or in an interview. So I thought &quot;Wouldn&#x27;t it be great if someone draws it for me, while I think out loud?&quot;.<p>That is when I came up with VoiceDraw. You can just think out loud or discuss your system architecture with a friend&#x2F;interviewer, the diagrams are automatically drawn along with your reasoning, open questions and tradeoffs beautifully written on to the side.<p>Demo Video: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;36PgHKSuccE" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;36PgHKSuccE</a>
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